Enterprise Architecture UpdateCIO Council March 2017

March 9, 2017 2:30 PMSmith Center room 561

Topics

• Visiting Committee Preparation

• EA website Updates

• EA Community of Practice Proposal

• Additional Updates:

– IT Academy UX Course

– Course API Development for SIS and Schools

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Visiting Committee Preparation

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• Major Program Milestone: Visiting Committee Meetings May 1-2

○ Expectation: Demonstrated progress implementing an Enterprise Architecture

Framework Elements

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Framework Elements

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Layer: Interoperation

Standard:Publish APIs to a

common repository for wider use

Principle:APIs are the preferred

method of moving information between

systems.

Library of Resources, Patterns, and Reference Artifacts:● ETAB Publication: Guidelines for API Development● DMS program service: MuleSoft● Code for existing APIs shared in common repo● Checklist for vendor-managed APIs for COTS and SaaS solutions● ...

Visiting Committee Preparation

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Total Scope of Effort:

• Draft Principles for Each Layer (Total: 8 x 3-5)

• Discover, Gap Analyze, Draft and Organize Standards for Each Layer(Total: 8 x ??)

• Discover, Gap Analyze, Draft and Organize Resources for Each Layer(Total: 8 x ∞)

• Build, Maintain and Grow a library for all of these Artifacts

Visiting Committee Preparation

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Total Scope of Effort:

• Draft Principles for Each Layer (Total: 8 x 3-5)

• Discover, Gap Analyze, Draft and Organize Standards for Each Layer(Total: 8 x ??)

• Discover, Gap Analyze, Draft and Organize Resources for Each Layer(Total: 8 x ∞)

• Build, Maintain and Grow a library for all of these Artifacts

Visiting Committee Preparation

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• Major Program Milestone: Visiting Committee Meetings May 1-2

○ Expectation: Demonstrated progress implementing an Enterprise Architecture

• Key Deliverable: Publish Vetted Principles for each Architectural Layer

○ Prioritize aspirational goals

○ Reinforce existing best practices

Visiting Committee Preparation

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• Key Deliverable: Publish vetted principles for each architectural layer

• Milestone 1: Publishable draft of principles by March 24

○ 4 of 8 complete

○ Draft principles will be published on EA website

• Milestone 2: Validate principles with CIOs/Schools by April 7

○ CIO Tour to solicit feedback on approach and draft content

○ Identify school stakeholders to participate in further feedback cycles

• Milestone 3: CIO-Directed School putreach by April 21

○ Obtain feedback from implementation team-level stakeholders

• Milestone 4: Present vetted principles to Visiting Committee: May 1

○ Website revisions

EA Website Updates

Enterprise Architecture Community of Practice Proposal

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● Goal: Connect Communities

○ What we need more than new communities are better connections between the existing ones

• Leverage existing CoPs and Workgroups aligned to layers of the EA:

Enterprise Architecture Community of Practice Proposal

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• EA’s role is to:

○ Participate in each of these groups

○ Sponsor those that don’t exist

○ Bridge them to each other

○ Connect their concerns to the ETAB and other EA practices

Additional EA Updates

• UX Level 1 IT Academy Course Launched

○ First offering of the class filled all seats in less than 24 hours

○ Post-session survey ratings above 4.0 for all measures

○ “The workshop format provided me with skills that we can immediately apply to my job.”

• Commitment to Development of an API for Schools and SIS

○ Agreement between HBS, HLS and SIS to use a common API for sending Course/Class records to SIS for use in University catalog this fall

○ SIS will be ready to accept test data for API by early April

○ Solution aligns with Enterprise Architecture principles for data and interoperation

Questions or comments?

Thank you!